The Council of the capital approved by consensus the General Plan (GP) of Vilnius, which the city will follow for the next 10-15 years. The city will become more suitable for pedestrians and cyclists, there will be more green spaces, and the height and quality of buildings will be controlled more rigorously.

Last Thursday, Minister of the Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė met with Vice-President of the European Commission Vera Jourova to discuss the importance of developing digital services and combating disinformation.

“Lithuania seeks to strengthen partnership and cooperation with France, and to work hand in hand in providing a response to the security threats in the Eastern and Southern neighborhoods,” says Vice Minister of National Defence Margiris Abukevičius. He met with Alexandre Adam, Special Advisor on European affairs to President of Emmanuel Macron, and Alice Guitton Director General for International Relations and Strategy, Ministry for the Armed Forces, in Paris on June 7.

Caged animal farming could be phased out in the European Union by 2027, say MEPs.

The transition from the former military territory to the industrial innovation zone is the vision of the park explored in the urban feasibility study of the Aleksotas Innovation Industrial Park (AIIP). In the heart of Aleksotas district, the aim is to create a compact, green and communication-promoting innovation valley that would meet the modern principles of sustainable development and the needs of the Kaunas region. Take a walk and explore the area of ​​the future park.

On 5th of May, the Monitoring Committee of the EU Interreg Baltic Sea Region Program adopted a decision to allocate funding for the 2021 Annual Forum of the EU Baltic Sea Region Strategy (EUBSRS) in Lithuania for organization.

The new European Bauhaus is an initiative based on sustainability, accessibility and aesthetics to bring Europe’s green course closer to the people. Visvaldas Matijošaitis together with the leaders of other European Capitals of Culture and European Innovation – Barcelona, ​​Galway, Rijeka, Cork, Esch-sur-Alzette and Leuven – presented today’s examples of Kaunas in the discussion initiated by the European Commission “The new European Bauhaus and its territorial dimension: a conversation changing our world“.

On Tuesday, Parliament gave its final green light to the EU’s main instrument for investing in people and tackling inequalities for the next seven years.

the EU has submitted its proposal seeking the commitment of World Trade Organization (WTO) members for a multilateral trade action plan to expand the production of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, and ensure universal and fair access. With this proposal to the WTO, divided in two communications, the EU underlines the WTO's central role in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and urges fellow WTO members to agree on a set of commitments, including on intellectual property rights.

Lithuanian Railways, together with Vilnius City Municipality, announce that another important step has been taken towards the revival of the Vilnius station district – 33 proposals have been received for the architectural competition that was announced in March. International jury is going to select the best visions, submitted visions to be announced in the second half of June.